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Korean Through Song: Breathe by Lee Hi (Pt. 2 Vocab & Grammar)

어휘/문법 Vocab/Grammar

숨 | breath

크게 | dictionary form 크다 meaning to be big, the ~게 turns it into an adverb which might technically mean bigly, but given the context would use it as deeply since it makes sense and is an actual word

쉬어봐요 | dictionary form 쉬어보다 meaning to try to breathe. 쉬다 means to breathe by itself and adding ~아/어 보다 to the end of a verb gives the meaning of to try to do x.

당신 | you. (Formal) because it’s a song it’s a formal/general you that you don’t use very often in korean at all. Calling someone by their name and/or title is preferred if a pronoun is necessary

가슴 | chest

양쪽 | both sides

저리게 | dictionary form 저리다 meaning to be numb

조금 | a little

아파올 때까지 | until it hurts. Dictionary form 아프다 is to be sick/hurt added with 오다 which means to come makes 아파오다 meaning something along the lines of for pain to come out (start hurting?). ~ㄹ 때 is a grammar form meaning when and ~까지 in this context has the meaning of until

더 | more

뱉어봐요 | dictionary form 뱉어보다 to try to spit out. 뱉다 alone is spit out, but in this context means breathe out/get your breath out

안에 | inside

남은 게 없다고 | nothing left. 남은 게 is short for 남은 것이. 남다 to be left over. 없다 is to not have/not exist. ~은 게 is a way to let you conjugate the verb so you know what doesn’t exist

느껴질 때까지 | until you feel it. dictionary form 느끼다 to feel, ~어/아 지다 is a way to say something becomes something. Essentially until you feel it in this case. ㄹ 때까지 is same as earlier grammar

숨이 벅차올라도 괜찮아요 | it’s okay even if you’re out of breath. Dictionary form 벅차오르다 in this context is to be out of. But I feel like overflowing is more accurate? ~아/어도 has the grammar meaning of even if. Dictionary form 괜찮다 to be okay

아무도 | nobody. In order to use this, the sentence has to be negative (i.e. ~않다)

그댈 | you. This is in generally a more poetic way to say it and doesn’t really get used often. 그대 is you and the added ㄹ is short for object marker 를

탓하진 않아 | dictionary form 탓하다 to blame, so together with ~지 않다 means to not, so to not blame. ~진 않다 is a little more complicated. 진 is short for 지는, where 는 is a topic marker. It’s basically adding extra emphasis that a negative fact/thought/statement is actually different from what you expected. Here it was you expecting that everyone blames you, but they actually don’t

가끔 | sometimes

실수해도 돼 | can make mistakes. Dictionary form 실수하다 to make mistakes. ~아/어도 되다 is a grammar meaning “can” but more in the permission way. Like you’re allowed to make mistakes. You may mistakes.

누구든 | anyone. Short for 누구든지

그랬으니까 | dictionary form 그러다 to be like that. ~으니까 grammar form meaning because. 그랬어 would be past tense regular conjugation

말 | words

~뿐인 | grammar form meaning just ~ (for nouns)

위로지만 | 위로 is comfort/condolence. ~지만 means but

누군가의 | somebody/someone’s. 의 is the ’s

한숨 | sigh

무거운 | Dictionary form 무겁다 to be heavy

어떻게 | how

헤아릴 수가 있을까요 | can understand that. 헤아라다 in this context means to like try to understand. Like comprehend/relate to/guess. ~ㄹ 수가 있다 grammar form meaning can/to be able to. ~을까 is a question form. She’s partially asking herself and partially asking about the possibility of understanding

이해할 순 없겠지만 | can’t understand. Dictionary form 이해하다 to understand (in the literal sense of I understand this) ㄹ 수 없다 can’t

안아줄게요 | I’ll hold you. Dictionary form 안다 to hold + 주다 to do for someone/give

남들 | others

눈에 | in (someone’s) eyes

힘 | strength/energy

빠지는 | dictionary form 빠지다 to fall out/deflate/release

보일진 몰라도 | might be seen. Dictionary form 보이다 to be seen. ~ㄹ진 몰라도 where ㄹ is future tense, 지 모르다 is grammar for might, ㄴ is the same as the ㄴ in 진 않다 that adds emphasis, and 도 is once again meaning even if

작은 | dictionary form 작다 to be small

내뱉기도 | spit out, breath out. Dictionary for 내뱉다. ~기도 meaning even

어려운 | dictionary form 어렵다 to be difficult

하루 | a day (24 hours/within a full day)

보냈단 걸 | in context of the phrase, had. Dictionary for 보내다 to spend time x, 보냈다 would be past tense. 단 걸 is short for 다는 것을 which means something like the fact that

이제 | now

다른 | Dictionary form 다르다 to be different

생각 | thought(s)

마요 | dictionary form 말다 to not/to stop

깊이 | Dictionary form 깊다 to be deep

그대로 | as it is/like that

정말 | really

수고했어요 | did well/worked hard/put in effort. Dictionary form 수고하다

Korean Through Song: Breathe by Lee Hi (Pt. 1 Translations)

note: some of the lines don’t translate directly well and others don’t work well line by line since Korean and English grammar have different word orders. I’ll go into more detail in part 2 with vocabulary and grammar

가사 Lyrics

[1절 verse 1]

숨을 크게 쉬어봐요

• take a deep breath

당신의 가슴 양쪽이 저리게

• until both sides of your chest

조금은 아파올 때까지

• hurt a little bit

숨을 더 뱉어봐요

• breathe out more

당신의 안에 남은 게 없다고

• until it feels like there’s

느껴질 때까지

• nothing left inside you

[2절 verse 2]

숨이 벅차올라도 괜찮아요

• it’s okay if you’re out of breath

아무도 그댈 탓하진 않아

• nobody blames you

가끔은 실수해도 돼

• you can make mistakes sometimes

누구든 그랬으니까

• because anyone can do that

괜찮다는 말

• saying it’s okay

말뿐인 위로지만

• are just words of comfort

[후렴 chorus]

누군가의 한숨

• someone’s sigh

그 무거운 숨을

• that heavy breath

내가 어떻게 헤아릴 수가 있을까요

• how can I understand that

당신의 한숨

• your sigh

그 깊일 이해할 순 없겠지만

• I can’t understand that deeply but

괜찮아요

• it’s okay

내가 안아줄게요

• I’ll hold you

[2절 반복 repeat verse 2]

[후렴 반복 repeat chorus]

[3절 verse 3]

남들 눈엔 힘 빠지는

• even if your sigh takes out energy

한숨으로 보일진 몰라도

• in other people’s eyes

나는 알고 있죠

• I know

작은 한숨 내뱉기도 어려운

• you had a hard day

하루를 보냈단 걸

• to let out even a small sigh

이제 다른 생각은 마요

• now don’t think of anything else

깊이 숨을 쉬어봐요

• take deep breaths

그대로 내뱉어요

• let it out like that

[후렴 반복 repeat chorus]

정말 수고했어요

• you worked hard

Swinger singers

We attended a karaoke party last week. The guests were all LS, many we knew and some we didn’t.

The hostess is an absolute doll and loves to party. She’d already been pregaming when we arrived and greeted us with a not so accidental nip slip as we came in.

I wore a new, cleavage baring dress that received a lot of compliments. There were a lot of gorgeous, scantily clad girls there, so I tend to feel a little self conscious. It did spark a few “are those real?” (they are) and “can I see/touch them?” I did appreciate the request for permission before being groped, and I obliged.

One of the first few songs was Patience by Guns n Roses, sung by a guy we knew. 3 ladies began, uh, servicing him right when he got to that really high pitched verse. He sang right on through like a real champ.

Later, there were lots of boobs coming out, and other, um, stuff happening on stage during the performances. Waaaaay better than Tuesday night karaoke at your local vanilla bar. The hostess did have play areas set up; knowing the group, I’m sure they were used.

I had a guy who I knew confess to me that he is way into me and a subject of his fantasies. Either he was hitting the bottle hard that night, or he was looking to get lucky. Either way, I was flattered, because there had been zero indication of this prior to tonight.

Another guy walked around with his shirt off wanting to know when the “real” house party starts. I informed him that it’s a karaoke party with play accommodations, not really a house party, per se. He proceeded to brag that usually he’d already fucked 2 chicks and made pizza by that time (it was 9:45 pm). I just kinda thought, looks like you’re striking out then, dude.

We had a ton of fun and made our way out around 10:30, in our typical Irish goodbye way (at least I did). We had some early morning house stuff we needed to get done.

It had been awhile since I’d been to a LS gathering, so it was good to see friends and be seen. These are my favorite types of LS events.

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I can finally show you the piece I did for the @newtrialzine !! I hope you like it ^^

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Had a wonderful time at the iLLOGIKA Christmas party yesterday, especially seeing colleagues in person. Thank you all for being you and stay awesome.

#ThankYou #FunTimes #Christmas

Karaoke Terror (2003) 5 middle aged women wage war against a group of young men that murdered one of their friends, a dark comedy that pokes fun at the progression of ideology in Japan.

(7 outta 10)

Went to Karaoke last night and kept joking how funny it would be if Angels by Robbie Williams came on because of the Jack x Nikki scene. Guess what happened guys. GUESS.